Student Motivation Quotes

Inspirational Quotes for Struggling Students

1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle
 

2. “If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?” -Joe Namath

3. “The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.” -Lee Iacocca

4. “You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.” -Abraham Lincoln

5. “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” -Scott Hamilton

6. “Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.” -Thomas Dewar

7. “Hard work truly does pay off. I started a long time ago in hopes that this day would come, where I could be recognized for my hard work.” -Usher

8. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” -Vidal Sassoon

9. “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.” -Zig Ziglar

10. “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” -Anonymous

11. "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." -B. B. King

12. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and it looks like work.” -Thomas Edison

13. “Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.” -Unknown

14. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

15. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” -John Powell

16. “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J. Marine

17. “The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” -Lao Tzu

18. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. “The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.” -Richard M. DeVos

20. “Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.” -Sir Winston Churchill

21. “Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -William Jennings Bryan

22. “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.” –Plato

23. “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.” -Aristotle

24. “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.” -Carl Rogers

25. “Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.” -Zig Ziglar